Director
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Enrique Jélvez This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Ph.D. in Mining Engineering, Universidad de Chile, Chile Civil Engineer in Mathematics, UTFSM, Chile Research area: Optimization, mine planning, development of models and algorithms for mining processes. |
Researchers
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Pierre Nancel-Penard This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Université Bordeaux I, France Research area: Operations Research, Graph theory, heuristics and parallel computing. |
Engineers
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José Pablo Espinoza This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Civil Engineer in Mining, UTFSM, Chile. Research area: Simulation, automatization, advanced analytics, and underground mine planning. |
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Héctor Gonzalez |
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Diego Mancilla This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Civil Engineer & M.Sc. in Mathematics, UTFSM, Chile. Interests: Linear, dynamic and stochastic programming, software development, scientific computing and spatial statistics. |
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Gerson Morales This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Computer Engineer, Universidad Central, Chile. Interests: System administrator, software developer & engineer for VPR project. |
Students
PHD
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Luis Alvarez This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Civil Engineer in Mining, Universidad de Atacama, Chile. PhD research: Optimization of preparation in short-term underground mining. |
MASTER
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Matías Caro This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Civil Engineer in Mining, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. Research area: Production planning and design of open-pit mines. |
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Mario Hinojosa This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Bachelor of Science (Geology), Universidad de Chile, Chile Research area: Mine planning under geological uncertainty. |
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Daniel Mariño This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Mining Engineer, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador Research area: Short-term open-pit mine production scheduling considering storage capacity. |
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Ninibeth Saavedra This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Civil Engineer in Mining, Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile. Research area: Risk minimization of economic losses associated with the failure to meet the mining production plan.
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Francisco Saavedra This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Civil Engineer in Mining, Universidad de Atacama, Chile. Research area: Algorithms applied to the transportation system management (TSM) in underground mining. |
UNDERGRADUATES
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Juan Escobar Joint work with Universidad de Talca. |
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Joaquín Silva Joint work with Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María. |
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Juan Pablo Ahumada (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Maximiliano Alarcón (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Patricio Allende (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Francisca Arriagada (Civil Engineer in Mining, featuring BCLab)
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Camila Carrasco (Civil Engineer in Mining, featuring BCLab)
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Carola Cerda (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Cristopher Díaz (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Alejandra Gómez (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Héctor González (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Tomás González (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Daniela Henríquez (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Enrique Jélvez (PhD in Mining Engineering)
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Cecilia Julio (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Carlo Lobiano (Master of Engineering in Mining, featuring Geomec.)
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Walter Loli (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Edgardo Madariaga (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Fabián Manríquez (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Julio Magri (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Sergio Montané (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Camilo Morales (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Gonzalo Nelis (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Felipe Orellana (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Javier Pérez (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Fernando Peirano (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Juan Quiroz (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Winston Rocher (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Manuel Rodríguez (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Valentina Rojas (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Bastian Rudloff (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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María José Suárez (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Milivoj Smoljanovic (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Andrés Solar (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Fernando Tapia (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Macarena Tapia (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Héctor Toro (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Félix Valenzuela (Civil Engineer in Mining)
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Emilio Vargas (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Marcelo Vargas (Master of Engineering in Mining)
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Alejandro Cáceres, MEng, Development and Innovation Manager, GeoInnova, Chile
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Alexander Marinho, MEng, Consultant in Mining Math Associates, Brazil
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Andrés Parra, MEng, Independent Consultant, Chile
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Angus McFarlane, PhD, Researcher, CSIRO, Australia
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Daniel Espinoza, PhD, Senior Developer, GUROBI, Chile
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Eduardo Moreno, PhD, Assistant Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
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Erkan Topal, PhD, Profesor, Curtin University, Australia
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Fabien Cornillier, PhD, Professor, Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia, Peru
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Hooman Askari-Nasab, PhD, Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
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Jorge Amaya, PhD, Professor and Researcher, DIM & CMM - Universidad de Chile, Chile
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Julián Ortíz, PhD, Associate Professor, Queen's University, Canada
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Marcos Goycoolea, PhD, Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile
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Michel Gamache, PhD, Professor, École Polytchnique de Montreal, Canada
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Mohammad Maleki, PhD, Postdoc Researcher, Universidad de Chile, Chile
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Víctor Parada, PhD, Professor, DCC - Universidad de Santiago, Chile
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Xavier Emery, PhD, Professor, DIMIN - Universidad de Chile, Chile